BOOK - THE VOICE OF LISBON WITH PARIS

Miguel Leonardo launches his first book by Editora Gato Bravo, with a preface by Rui Carvalho "A VOZ DE LISBOA COM PARIS"

The voice of Lisbon with Paris by Miguel Leonardo

«I remember what was perfect and innocent, I also remember what I did where everyone else hid their words underground, I remember the eyes closed in front of the conversations of all those who spoke before in that Paris, there were men well dressed as they are today, newspapers prepared to be read, perhaps there was more poetry, as there was also music for art and art for music, just as there was also the creation of the male gender. Isn't woman the most beautiful being in all of Paris?”

"The voice of Lisbon with Paris" is a book that talks about the transmutation of the city of Lisbon into a cosmopolitan, beautiful environment - like any other in the so-called European world -, but which ends up losing its peculiarities, its oldest traditions, in favor of a tourism of predators, or of a "future" not always so kind.

Miguel Leonardo's book subtly confronts us with an urge to globalize, to become unified in shop windows and public spaces, to bring an asepsis to the streets and citizens, so that they no longer perceive where they belong. It's about the past and the cybernetic impositions of the future, which bend the knees of every Lisbon woman, every café, every typically green and red terrace. Miguel tells us of a time when "there was a desire to change the world, it was new and innocent, he didn't understand that in order to make changes, you have to have hope". Therefore, he is faced with the theme of the inevitable, of the technicality that advances at every corner, transforming into digital what was previously free to live in flesh and blood.

This book talks about survival, about facing the path that is inexorable and imposed on everyone, enjoying the beauties of the way and trying to arrive alive in what has become Lisbon: a decorated and univocal postcard, with the same flavors and smells of any other place in the world.

A reading that, at the same time questioning and revolutionary, reminds us of the importance of preserving the soul and personality of oneself and the village itself, an ode to the beauty of the differences between humans and their cities

About the author

Miguel Santos Sabino Rodrigues Leonardo was born on December 10, 1996 in Almada, Portugal.

He started the Literature cycle at the age of only 12 years old, where later, at the age of 16, he began his first poet movement with Luís Oliveira and Nuno F Silva (Movimento Ultra Abjecionista). Finished the 12th. year in Languages and Humanities, took a Theater Course held with the director Paula Perdigão between 2008 and 2012, attended Archive Techniques in Public Administration (2017) and English (2017). Miguel Leonardo is a Portuguese actor, musician, composer, poet, essayist and writer who started out as an "ARCANJO" in the world of music with several works performed (EP – Forasteiro, PORTUGAL DIED? EP ARÁBICO SURREALISTA, EP UTOPIA, CELTA). He worked with Paula Perdigão do Levante e Ri, in plays such as Ex-certos, and even with the director Miguel Assis. Later he came to work with André Ivo (Portuguese director) on two short films CONTRA TEMPO and SUBSOLO (main character) between 2020 and 2021, in 2021 he worked on another short film with Alfredo Silva and Francisco Santos on 1 JANUARY as main character . With a huge history within the culture, Miguel did not want to stop and is now launching his first book A VOZ DE LISBOA COM PARIS. He never stopped and always wanted to be seen as an outsider within the literary community.

Budget and due dates

I try to raise around 500 euros, to achieve the publication's objective.

The campaign will run during the month of December, January and February.

The publication of the book will start when it manages to reach the necessary goal for the publication of the book.

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